Full Text of HR0218 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In response to the Dust Bowl, Congress enacted | 3 | | the Soil Conservation Act, which President Roosevelt signed on | 4 | | April 27, 1935, creating the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) | 5 | | in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly created the Soil | 7 | | and Water Conservation Districts Act to promote the protection | 8 | | and wise use of soil, water, and related resources on July 9, | 9 | | 1937; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation | 11 | | District (MPSWCD) was founded on December 6, 1941 and has | 12 | | promoted conservation ethics for 80 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation | 14 | | District discussed practices for long range work in 1942, | 15 | | which included contouring intertilled crops, seeding small | 16 | | grains, adding permanent sod waterways, improving pastures, | 17 | | mowing pasture weeds, controlling weeds, harvesting hayseed, | 18 | | liming, fertilizing, and tree planting; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The State Soil Conservation District Board | 20 | | respectfully requested the Illinois General Assembly fund the | 21 | | Illinois Soil Conservation District in 1943 to provide for |
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| 1 | | incidental expenses as required by law, such as ads or | 2 | | elections and office supplies; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Hugh Hammond Bennett, the father of soil | 4 | | conservation, visited the Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water | 5 | | Conservation District in 1943, where he spent time talking to | 6 | | local landowners, explaining how conservation would help their | 7 | | farming practices, and instilling the beginnings of relations | 8 | | with the local field offices; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois River divides both Marshall and | 10 | | Putnam Counties, creating its own unique concerns and problems | 11 | | for conservation; while the Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water | 12 | | Conservation District is one of the smallest districts, it is | 13 | | one of the top producers of conservation dollars and practices | 14 | | implemented in its part of the State; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Erosion and Sediment Control law, | 16 | | often referred to as the T by 2000 program, became effective in | 17 | | April 1980 and was designed to preserve the long-term | 18 | | productivity of Illinois soil and to protect water quality; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The first survey was run in 1982, and it showed | 21 | | that around 50% of the acres in Illinois were protected from | 22 | | soil loss, which was the average across the State; by the year |
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| 1 | | 2018, 99.6% of the acres in Marshall and Putnam Counties were | 2 | | protected from soil loss by being under the 2% of T soil loss; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation | 5 | | District wrote a grant in 2018 to put conservation on the | 6 | | ground in the form of waterways, basins, and edge of field | 7 | | practices, which allowed the district to open 25 new | 8 | | partnerships with agencies across the State; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation | 10 | | District's devoted Board of Directors and staff have achieved | 11 | | measurable results in preventing soil loss since the | 12 | | district's formation; the current Board of Directors are Terry | 13 | | Bogner, Debbie Leigh, Richard Ashdown, Carol Stadel, Josh | 14 | | Merdian, Jim McQuilkin, and Diana Williamson; staff members | 15 | | are Jill Ketter, Stacy Williamson, Erika Luft, and Tyler | 16 | | Shipley; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation | 20 | | District for 80 years of continued conservation efforts for | 21 | | Marshall and Putnam Counties; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the Board of Directors and staff of the | 2 | | Marshall-Putnam Soil & Water Conservation District as a symbol | 3 | | of our respect and esteem.
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